Sony recently launched its new smartphone Xperia XA1 Ultra in India at a price of Rs. 29,900. The major highlights of the new smartphone are 6-inch HD display, 23-megapixels rear, and 16-megapixels front camera. Recently Honor 8 Pro and Oneplus 5 were also launched in India under the same price category, so which device among three is worth your 30-grands?

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

Xperia XA1 Ultra runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and powered by MediaTek Helio P20 Octa-core 64-bit processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. It has 64GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 256GB through a MicroSD card.

XA1 features a 6-inch full-HD (1920x1080) with 2.5D curved glass. It sports a 23-MP rear camera with Hybrid Autofocus, Exmos RS image sensor, f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. On the front is a 16-MP selfie camera with 23-mm wide angle lens, Optical Image Stabilisation, f/2.0 aperture and LED flash.

Price and Availability- Launched on July 20, new Xperia XA1 Ultra is priced at Rs. 29,990. The device will be available through offline channels in gold, white, pink, and black shades.

Honor 8 Pro

Honor 8 Pro runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with company’s Emotion UI 5.1 skin on top. The handset is powered by Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 960 coupled with 6GB of RAM. The smartphone has internal storage of 128GB which can be expanded up to 256GB through a hybrid dual-SIM configuration; the SIM 2 slot becomes a MicroSD card slot.

The device features a 5.7-inch QHD (2560x1440) LTPS LCD display with 2.5D curved glass on top. It sports a dual camera setup on the rear with 12-megapixel+12-megapixel sensors, f/2.2 aperture and dual tone LED Flash. On the front is an 8-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture.

Honor 8 is backed by a non-removable Lithium-polymer 4000mAh battery which supports fast charging, it takes only 30 minutes of charging will charge the battery to 35 per cent. The device has a rear mounted fingerprint sensor and 3.5mm audio-jack.

Price and Availability- Launched on July 6, Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone Honor 8 Pro is available at Rs. 29,999 in India. The smartphone is exclusively available on Amazon in midnight black and navy blue shades.

The smartphone is available in two RAM and storage configurations of 6GB RAM/64GB storage and 8GB RAM/128GB, there is no MicroSD card slot in the smartphone and storage cannot be expanded.

OnePlus 5 features a 5.5-inch full HD (1920x1080) optic AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Glass Glass 5 protection on top. It sports a dual camera on the rear with 16-megapixel+20-megapixel sensors and dual LED Flash where the first one is a wide-angle camera with f/1.7 and the second one is a telephoto lens with f/2.6 aperture. On the front is a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture and Screen Flash.

The smartphone is backed by a non-removable 3300mAh battery which supports Dash Charge. The handset has dedicated slots for dual-SIM (nano+nano) configuration. The smartphone also has a front mounted fingerprint sensor which unlocks it in 0.2 seconds.

Price and availability- OnePlus launched the much-awaited flagship smartphone OnePlus 5 on 22 June in India. The new smartphone is exclusively available on Amazon and OnePlus store- their official website.

Launched on June 22, OnePlus’ much-awaited smartphone is available in two RAM and storage configurations of 6GB RAM/64GB storage and 8GB RAM/128GB at Rs 32,999 and Rs 37,999 respectively. The 6GB RAM variant comes in Grey Slate shade and the 8GB RAM variant comes in Midnight Black shade.

OnePlus 5 is the successor of 3T which was launched last year in December at Rs 29,999. OnePlus 5 is the most expensive smartphone ever made by its manufacturer though it has a reasonable price when compared with its competitors- Samsung Galaxy S8, Google Pixel XL, HTC U 11 or iPhone 7.

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra seems pretty overpriced when compared to its competitors Honor 8 Pro and OnePlus 5 which offers a lot more in the same price range.